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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 134

Hoodoo Gurus, Mars Needs Guitars! (1985) I don’t know a whole lot about Hoodoo Gurus – but I guess all you really need to know is that they knocked it out of the park with their first two albums – and had some highlights after as well. I bought the first two albums on vinyl […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, 80s, Aussie, Australian, Death Defying, Hoodoo Gurus, LP, Mars Needs Guitars, Record, The Gurus, The Vinyl Countdown # 134, Vinyl ·

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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July 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 17 The Gladstone

After the Spines had recorded our album, the Moon, we went about playing the songs live. That line up with Ross Burge, Wendy Calder, Neill Duncan and me became very forceful and rhythmic and could play to big crowds. We got some great support slots – Hunters and Collectors, the Go-Betweens, The Violent Femmes and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Guest Blog, Hoodoo Gurus, Jim Wilson, Jon Mcleary, Music, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 17 The Gladstone, The Gladstone, The Go-Betweens, The Moon, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 17, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Writing ·

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November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1742

The Johnnys, Highlights Of A Dangerous Life (1986) My good friend Matthew Couper gave me a dubbed cassette of The Johnnys when we were at high school. Man, I thrashed that album. It was this weird hybrid of tongue-in-cheek country and tongue-in-pint pub-rock and I loved it. Instantly. All it once it was like nothing I’d […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Blog On The Tracks, dubbed tape, Green Back Dollar, Highlights Of A Dangerous Life, Hoodoo Gurus, Injun Joe, Marty Robbins, Matt Couper, Matthew Couper, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Spencer P. Jones, The Johnnys, There's Gonna Be A Showdown, Vinyl ·

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November 18, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1754

Hoodoo Gurus, Stoneage Romeos (1984) I joined this band when I was in school, right. I was 16. They were all 26 or so. And the band had one rehearsal and then the rehearsal space was sold. No biggie. A year later I get a call and one of the guys from that band has […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Death Ship, Dig It Up, Hoodoo Gurus, I Was A Kamikaze Pilot, Mars Needs Guitars, Stoneage Romeos, Vinyl ·

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